Incinerator.



0. J. CHARLES.

INGINERATOR.

APILIOATION FILED SEPT; 11, 1911.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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O. J. CHARLES.

INGINERATO R. APPLIUATIQN FILED SEPT. 11, 1911.

Patented M21118, 1913.

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OSCAR 3'. CHARLES, F

INCINERATOE.

Specification of Application filed epteznbcr 11, 1911.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR J. CHARLES, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of San Antonio, county of Be'xar, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in incinerators,

. of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this inventionareto provide an improved form of incinerator for burning garbage and other refuse, both solid and liquid, as well as the gases liberated therefrom, without the emission of smoke or noxious odors, or gases, and especially suitable for disposing of the refuse of military encampments, farms, hotels, houses, and communities, etc., not provided with sewers; and to provide an improved incinerator of this kind which is simple and economical in construction, and which can be efliciently operated wit-h relatively small fuel consumption.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying draw-' ings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a specific form of the incinerator suitable for military encampments and capable of being readily erected from materials usually at hand. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line AA. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the same. Fig. at is a sectional elevation taken on the line BB of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the forms or molds which are used in shaping the walls of the incinerator when it is built up as shown. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the incinerator especially designed to enable it to be used as a latrine.

In the construction shown in the drawings, the device comprises a substantially U-shaped tubular or tunnel-like structure, having the pants 1 and 2 of relatively different lengths extending in the same general direction and connected at their rear ends by a transverse part 8. There is thus formed a fire-box 4 in the .part 1, a refuse chamber 5 in the part 2, and a connecting fiue or gas chamber 6 in the part 3.

The fire-box 4 is substantially circular in cross-section and extends inwardly from the. front end of the part 1 and is preferably; gradually inclined upwardly toward its inner-end. The refuse chamber 5 is preferably of semi-circular cross-section to provide a PATENT @FFTQE.

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Serial Bio. 6 18,5510- slopes upward gradually from the rear to the front, and its sectional area is gradually reduced toward its open or front end. The fine or gas chamber 6 in the transverse part 3 is preferably substantially horizontal and has a pit or trap 7 formed therein at the inner end of the chamber 5, so as to catch and retain any liquid that might reach the inner end of the refuse chamber before being consumed, and thereby prevent such-liquid from entering the fire-box. A low wall or dam 8 extends across the, floor of the chamber 6 so as to increase the efi'ective depth of the liquid trap.

Although in the drawings the fire-box 4 is shown inclined and the gas chamber 6 is shown horizontal, it will be readily understood that the construction may be respectively reversed, and accomplish the same results,2'. e., the fire-box may be horizontal and the chamber 6 inclined upwardly from the fire-box to the refuse chamber.

The incinerator may be constructed in various ways and of any material which is gas and liquid tight, and suitable for withstanding the heat. In the construction here shown, temporary molds or frames 9 are built up of wood, as illustrated in Fig.

0. A suitable mold can be made up of empty oil barrels. The walls may then be built up of suitable plastic material, reinforced by wire, if desired, and setby building a fire within and burning out the mold frames. A mixture of ordinary clay, straw, salt, and wire has given good results for military use. These materials and this specific method of construction are mentioned merely by way of illustration, as it is obvious that other materials and other methods of construction may be used in carrying out this invention, such details being dependent upon choice, convenience, cost, permanency fiat floor and an arched roof. Thischamber having holes 16 registering with the holes kept closed do v as h covers on the helm) and closures 14% at i the and refuse chainen the refuse is to be and the closures device shown is as Wood, is started and t 3,1:ll'lllJ6l or lire-box el. inclinution of the tunnel from I end causes a sullicicnt draft to sup ROIt the lire and produce an. intense heat, the material of the Walls of theret'use 6 her absorbs and retains the heat so that ouid chamber soon acquires a tempera- I noble of consuming any combustible contained therein. Garbage and inst-t 1', both solid and litluid, are to the receiving platform 12 i o the chamber 5, wherein the is rapidly incinerated by the. in.- hest. Gases liberated from the refuse 25 the gas chamber 6, thereby heat as it passes over the the chamber 5. ln'case liquid is to the device in such-quantity the:

, 't flows to the rearot thelloor 11 being consu1ned,'it Will collect in the is retained until the flames passing 7 where it. y the heat of tapering of the refuse chamber toe ightly contracted outlet, in addition to the lost horizontal disposition of the pas s, has the ellect of preventing a too escape of gases from the combustion t insures complete combustion h gases, and thereby prevents the ape ol SlllOlifi or harmful (yr-objectionable invention has in this specification gibed applied to a refuse incint it will be readily understood,by in th art, that the invention pliceble to numerous other uses, plc the combustir of smoke, and ation in rarious s of the heat j from the thorou h and econon'iical the etc, in the long 3 l but one specific embodiment of on herein shownand described, uncle :toodthat numerous details construction shown may be altered ted "Wltllfillt departing from the spirit as defined by the l l l l l l l l l jeeptember i911.

" ch, lay addressing the a fire-box, and the other bore being up Wurdly inclined and gradually reduced in transverse area toward its open end, said bores being connected by u transversely extending, to serve a gas chamber,

A device of the class described, having two horizontally disposed hollow portions of respectively different lengtl'is co1nn1unieating at their adjacent ends to form a continuous tube open at its ends, the shorter-cl said portions being adapted for use as a fire box and the longer one being inclined up' wandly'and gradually reduced in transverse area toward its open end. i

3. An incinerator, comprising a substantially ll sheped, horizontally disposed structure, and having the. legs ll erect of relatively different lengths, said structure ha ing a bore extending therethrough, open at both ends, and inclined npvardly from the .use a refuse chamber. 2 l. An incinerator, comprising a substan tially Ushaped, horizontally disposed structure, and having the legs-thereof of relatively different lengths, said structure having a bore extending theretlnrough, open at both ends, and inclined upwardly from the open end of the shorter leg to the openend of the longer leg, the bore of said shorter leg beingadepted for use as a'fire box and the bore of said longer leg heingadaptedfm use as a ref-use chamber and being contreated at itsopen end. i

5. An incinerator, colnprising'a substantially ill-shaped, horizontally disposed structure, and having the legs thereof relatively diiierent lengths, said structure hava bore extending theretlnough, open at both l inclined upwardly from the open end the shorter leg to the openend or the lengerleg, the bore of seid shorter leg being adapted for use a fire her the bore of said leg 5:: leg being adopted for use as a refuse chambenen'd s'receiving platform located at the open .end of said longerleg.v i igned at San Antonio this 5th day of tlommissloner o'f Curre ction inLettei's Pai'en't NO 1,056,259;

lti is hereby cer zifi ed that in Letters Pafigent N0. 1,056,259, grante'd March 18.,-

1913, upon the application of Oscar J.' C har1es, oi San Antonio, Texas, foran improvement in lnoinerators anierfor'appars in the'pxg'inted specificaticn requiring coz fectibn as fofiowsi Page .2, lines 83 94 and 106, sirike out the comma. and the wordflgndf and "that the] said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereia that the same may conform t9 the "record of the case in the Patent @fiice.

Sigma mid sealed this '2221dda'y of ApriLA} 1).; 1913.

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